The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The abundant supply of capital afloat, and the conti nuance of the Bank of England minimum at 8 per cent. h ave i n d uce d a very f avoura bl e f eel i ng. The discount establishments are evincing more dis position to employ their resources, and are negoti ating mercantile paper at the official minimum, t hough in many cases 81 per cent. is still charged. The Bank of England return for the past week la net of the unfavourable character as was gene rally expected to prove. The bullion has been further reduced, but the increase in the other l'earities is not so largo as was imagined. An. neted are the particulars:— Active Circulation .. £21,350,640 Decrease .. • • 578,300 .• .. 12,669,925 Decre ase „„ 267,5.8 Rest 3 648 269 •• •• •• •• .. Increase .. • • • • • • 26,083 P ublic Deposits •• •• 4 1 933 , 222 Decrease .• • • .. • • 192,482 Other Deposits.. 14,419,766 Increase .. 900,110 Seven Day and other Bills .. 530,674 Decrease .. 30,096 G overnment Securities .. 11,097,095 Increase • . • • • • .• 50,000 Oth er s ecur iti es .„ 21,108,551 Increase 342,853 Notes Unemployed .. .. 5,223,725 Increase .. 330,940 The weekly return of !the Bank of France shows 8 1 " t eral imp or t an t alterations. The bullion has b een trenched upon to the extent of £173,332, but t he discount operations of the establishment have fallen off £488,000, the advances £40,000, the bank The £384,000, and the current accounts £360,000. 'he Treasury balances have been augmented by 480 ,000. The Sine from the West Indies has brought 417,000. Two o'CLocK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's tele gram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 42e. The English Stock Market has lost part of the ~.4 0Y ehey which was gained yesterday, when it "8 found that the Bank rate had not been in creased.! Some few sales this morning, to secure th e profit within reach, have depressed quotations, end Consols are now 89 1-16th 3-16. h for money, and 89 9-16 t h 11 16th for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881. e ; the 5 Per Cents., 1873, 104; Exchequer Bills, 25J. to 155 - dis.; India 5 per Cents., 1031 1043 ; Enfaced 59 Per Cents., 113 ; and the Bonds, 255, dis. The Foreign Market continues firm, although the amount of business transacted id still very limited. Me xican (ex all) have advanced I to 28 29i ; and the New Stock also g to 26 4 ; Greek , Bonds remain at 2ds 8 ; and Spanish Passive are 1 , worse, at 30 1 ; Turkish Consolides are np 1, viz., at 49 4 s p; and the Confederate Loan is 74 76. An extraordinary general meeting of share holders of the Alliance Bank was held today—Mr 3. . N. Danniell in the chair. It was unanimously resolved to increase the capital from three to four tillions sterling, by the creation of 10 : 000 new shares of £lOO each, to be issued at a premium of £2O. In the Railway Share Market business has been rather inactive, and in some instances prices have slightly given way. Ca:edonian have declined 155.; Great Eastern, ss. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 58. ; while North Western have improved 55., and ketropolitan, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lineß allow (little variation in value. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in active. London and Westminster have improved to 94 ; Imperial Bank have declined to 34} it; Union of London to 50, and Fore street Ware -40119e have risen to 7f; Natal Investment Shares ar e (Pawed 4, 11; New Maritime Credit, l are a 3 . l and London Engineering, 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. B p, GO VERNMENT FUNDS. P. E 7' Cent. Consols N,„.° Account, Aug. 8 rr Cent. Reduced BBl i 4: 3 ,., Per Cent D 0 ti per Cent. Jan. 1894.... ,1,7 ° 0 pet Cent., Jan. 1873 lO4 ti Lllnities, 30 yrs, expire .sth J an., 1880 — D 0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — D 0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 l9i 14zra, March. June, - v.equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. die 25 Do 11500 13,..., ° £lOO and £2OO ,` -O E. England Stk, 5 i per Ct. "0 Account , ESN r, arm• G OVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'latock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2 lO 1)0 Account DD o - 0 0 Per Cent. July, 1570 .... D 0 Account.... ° 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 vLo Certificates 0 Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent D ° 5 P e r C. t Jan. 1872 - -11 ~ .. - °i per Cent. May, 1879 .1) 0 ~ 4 per Cent., ' Aug. 1866 "N'' bonus t i3Ouo 25 .. u 0 under £l,OOO — A II I'OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. stlet • D 0 an, 5 per Cent., Ex, 10 Florins. 13, ° Account ir i lboi 6 per Cent ° 4 / per Cent, 1852-58-60 g„ Do 1863 . Aer, hil i ' 8 Ayres 6 per Cent 0 0 1.; al l, 6 per Cent. lO3 thiC il uian 6 per Cent — a , 6 per Cent. ad Per Cent, 1864 D e , r „ — ", o r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — .4. 1 , 4 r ,:!L 3 per Cent., 1825 14",,a 0 7 per Cent lOl/ 1001 (i re S econd Issue 1) e 6 Per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Account 23/ t o co Do k u P° llB — coonnl. ~G uat emala 5 per Cent. It Ji r o 1839 and 1859 ....... 4,1 4 e , 1T1 5 per cent.(Maremmana Railway) 731 tZ lc att 3 per Cent . ... -"0 Account b - N ° 6 per Cent, 1864 ."0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — DO 6 per Len . . Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid — ,00 rish Imperial 6 per Cent ' 4 4'R G ranada 1 /0 2 per Cent. .. Do Deferred -- DO Land Warrants (Hectares).. — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — ~.. Do do Aug., 1866 — •reruvictu 41 per Cent t)o 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Pormr,tiese 3 per Cent., 1853 . • • _Do Account _ Do 3 per Cent., 1836,' 41'9, '6O, 62,'3.. 471 Do Account 47} 8 nt ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4} p er Cent., 1850 .. 85 Do 1860 1) 0 3 per Cent 1859 , 1) 0 5 er C en t, 1862 874 8} 89/ ))/,° &nglo-Dutch A ' - ' 0 :.4crip, £4O P ai d --firloio,o 0 per Cent It ii „° • Account — 1 'it [ tith 3 per Cent Account -- " 1 )Ij l— D e ferred L ' i ia , )0 Account • 3O/ i 15 ' 7 41i813. Cert. of Coup not funded .. .. na i t 12 n , o 0 Account 7 edish, 4 per Cent , D 0 R ... P 132 V - - uriP, £6O paid ........... arkich 6 per Cent. 1854 — Po Account ... • • • 90 uo 6 per Cent. 1858 • 1 , ) , 15 kccount 72 ,0 £lOO B onds rl ' ) ° 6 per Cent. 1862 Accou n t .. 69 4 DOO £lOO Bonds. . E9; a Do 1863 _.uozuela 3 per Cont. Isuo etecoon-t ° .i per Cent Scrip £45 il° z paid .. 84 91 die -- Dividends on the above payable in London B e , • gl i . E t glan 4 1 per C en t ., E x. 25f — itch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gild — D 0 14 :lion per Cent. Certificates , 5 per Cent,, 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7. - I? 1)° Acr!out u 7 t er''4°}l. Renter, 2 per Cent • i ie ,. v i a / 1 Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 4ulontese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f — THREE O'CLOCR.. °lllale JAI Nloney .., B9k / Account .... 89/ I L berpool Cotton Market—This Day. BEl les, probably GAO bales Steck 2n "AO baps this weep. reduced BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 4b are Sallways Paid. Price. Business don. lye ttlantio &St LawrenZt all 58 60 8k Vom.,Baroda&.Ccnt Uu. 5 per mat... lO l, 11,0 101 20 Do. New . 8 20 Do. E. Shares 1301 1 aio and Latta Huron all 51 10 Do. Preference Buflalo,Brant&Godricl, 00 UP 75 80 1 5 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187". ' 100 Do. do. July 1, 187: 100 75 80 00 1 , 0. do. June 1,18;, 100 75 80 st Clcutta.&S. Eastn. (Lin , 100 97 91 at Cape Town & Dock Sal, 100 94 95 steak Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. 100 101 103 101} 6 took East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 0 0001 1001 1 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 par 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. stuck Grand Trunk of Canada Wu 19 21 19 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds., all 71 73 100 Do. no. deferred all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 66 68 66 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 55 57 100 Do. 3d ef. stock ail 48 5 100 Do. do. deferred all 43 15 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stook all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 stock GLlndiarenln.gua. s p.c 100 101 102 101/ 30 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 par 11 , 111 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim naranteed 5 per cent. 100 98 (CO 99 24 GI t. of Canada Shares all 91 91 401 Do. New .. 18 10/ 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 withl opt. all 89 91 100 Do. 51 p. a. do. '77-8.. . all 82 85 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 d stook MadrAs guar., sp. c. stock Do. 41 p. a. Extension 100 92 94 91 stock De. 44 do lOO 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds lOO 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay all 60 62 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. lids, all 10 New Br ni.zswick Can& an a B all 8 5 N.lll.C'das pa Ist pi bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde .........•) (100 99 101 100 991 stock Do. Delhi.. lpw 1 100 99 100 994 20 Do. do I 2 I Id lA at. Do. Punjaub .; 1 all 93 100 991 IDu. Do. ........ ! s'ook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) I'‘ 10 1, OS COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. &Jut; - 14177-81 100 95 98 951 Do. Cp. a. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 103 Do. 0 p.o.Mar.& Sept. NO 100 402 Do. Ip. a. Jan.&July. 1O 84 86 851 5 Do. 5 Juseribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.llope, 6 p c,187% 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189 t 100 109 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891_ 103 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 102 ICS Natal Gov. 5 per cent. 100 1'.4 107 N.B.Gov. 6 p.m./ a.&J ul) 100 93 1 00 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c. , 184 100 96 0 8 Du. sp. c.,1841 to Llit 100 96 18 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 96 98 97 1 - !New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 93 101 :Queensland Gov. Bp. a. 100 100 103 IS. Alis G6p.c.16713.& up.. 100 105 1 07 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 :Do. to 41p.0. JihaitOot,, 100 1085 10911 109 611. ARE .inARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuR.S. Share' Railways. I Paid. Closing Business , Price. done. ' 18.14. 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all at Blythe and Tyne. 10 llolt.,Sleal.,andllid.Co all :9 9 5 at Bristol and Exeter at ;Caledonian lOO 126 127 126 50 !Corr, and Bandon I a:1 20 Cornwall , 10 lin A , A cel - . no diN 1 ) all 10 r " lo. 11 I b i e ll en 6P p e a .P id an tO h'' B '' . L i all SO IDublin & Belfast June. , all 35 36 25 iDun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 81 :Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 8) 0 1 at Glnsg. and S. Western, 100 110 112 at Great Eastern, Ord. stl4 100 47 48 47# at Ditto A stock - at Ditto East Anglian at 100 7 7# at GreatNorthof Scotland 100 at Great Northern.. lOO 134 135 1341 1 at Do A stock lOO 15: 151 1531 st Do Bdo at Gt. S. an.l W. of Irelan 100 92 04 st Great Western st Do Str Val gua. sto3l, 100 1 at Lancashire ,Ir Yorkshir, 100 ; 120 120# Ur! # et London and Blackwall 100 ' 68 70 at I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 i 105# 1064 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 i 42 44 at Lon. & Norr`h Western 100 1117 11711 1171 1 # at Lon. Sr. So'.th Western 100 L 8 "1 4 9 93# 1 at Man., Shet., & Lincoln, 100 I 66 67 t6I # 60 Maryport and Carlisle. all -- 121 Do # shares... ..... ~ all et Metropolitan all 113 1131 113 4 at Midland Do New — P at Do Binning. & Derby 100 108 110 50 Mid. Gt. W. ,of Irelanu all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Slid Kent - ... all 10 Do Cray Line et North British at Edln., Perth, & Dundee 100 2511 161 .6 at Nth. Eastern—Berwio, 100 108 109 1081 1 4 25 Do, G.N.E. purchas, .6.13.1 —.; at Do Leeds lOO 65 86 C 6 at Do York at Do Carlisle lOO st North London 1 0 Do New ' 0 .1 6 . 4 North Staffordshire lu N. and S. W. Junction all 10# il at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stou, lOO 39 41 A Do Soot. Mid. stook lOO 10 Shrews. and Welohpou all at Shropshire Union st South Devon .. 100 84 16 at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 103 105 20 6taines, Wok.,and Wok all 7 8 25 Stockton k Darlington all 87# 38# 371 26 Do l9 104 11# 25 Do New, 186 G 1! 8 0 ( at Taff Vale.. ... .. 100 165 170 10 Do B 8 6 7 10 Do C 3l 3 4 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do s# at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO st Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 st West Cornwall ; 100 34 36 at W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R lOO at West Midland -Oxford' 100 at Do Newport' 100 .... at Do Hereford] 100 . BRITISH MINES. 2 3ainbrian Consol. Gold 1 fd ',Milord Amalgamated 33 34 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 575 685 535 East Bassett (Illogan) 80 C 8 70 —• East Clog,au Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 28 29 ?St Nast Carn Brea... 3.4.0 81 81 8k lE. W'lltussel (Tavistk., 8.13.0 41 5 - Gam.&St.Auhyn(Gwen 584 6 8 Great South 17s 21 21 G. Wheal Vor (Ileiston 40 26 28 27 Grenville 6.16. t 61 71 llerc•cl's-Foot 8.12 18 40 tlingston Downs 4.18.0 3/ 44 Lady Bertha Margaret (Ony Lelant 29 8 10 matte Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim , 21 1 I d New Setun l2 75 85 —• North Downs 3 14 Ilassetallo;an 3.1.0 2 24 N;'ortli Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols(St. Blaze) I —— - Irrovidenee(Uny Lelnt., 10.0.7 41 42 iBouthCaradon(St.Cleer It 480 500 500 Carn Brea (Illm, , an) — - I .Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.15.9 421 47) - Stray Park t Carnar Silv.& Lead Min. - Cin Crott 9 18 10 West Basset (Illogan) l4 9 10 W Cr radon (Liskeard 9 14 16 West Seton Wheel Basset (Illogan, 14 90 95 Wheal Buller(Redruth ) 10 .0 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLuthott Wheal Mary Ann (Um) 8 14 16 \Vheal Cleton 5Bl 215 22i - iWheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 - ( Wheat Union 4 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref.. 102 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 126 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., ,321 North Staffordshire, 216 South Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.6), 221 PRE FE MENGE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, Sic., 4i per cent., 1858, 99 South Eastern 5 per cent., 100 LINES LEASED Al FIXED RENTAL& Lancaster and Carl!sle, 213 12 Manchester, Buxton, and Matiock, - 4i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9h ttahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., lo I Dutch Rhenish. Ditto, (all), 22} Great Luxembourg, 101 Sambre and Meuse, 5i per cent. pf.,"fit San Paulo ;lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 10} Ditto (all), 18) West Flanders, 5i per cent. pf., 9f FOUEIGIti MINE& Alamillos, limited, United Mexican liin;, 5j BANKS. Alliance (titn.). 63 3 Ditto, new, 585 Anglo Austrian, 74 1 Bank of Egypt, 291 9 Bank of Otago, lim., 34 Bank of Queensland (lim), 171 B •nk of Wales, 1im.,:17 City, 1354 3 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10/ Continental, lim., lo English, Scolch, and Australian Chartered, 21 201 Imperial Bank (Urn.), 34/ 4 Imperial Bank of jitina, India, and Japan, lira., 65 imperial Ottoman, Ir 7, 174 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 5) London and Brazilian (ilm.), 484 London and Colonial (limo, las London and County, .744 34 44 London, Hamburg Cont. Exchange, lim., HI 13 London Joint Stock, 4Q5 London and South A frican, 24 London and South-Western, 22 London and catminster, M erc hant Bank, , 28/ Mercantile And Exchange. lim., 181 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 11m., 255 6 Midland Bank (Urn.), 201 5 53 O N ri ew en S ta ou l Provincial of Ireland. 905 South n W i, a Corporation,les, 45 i Bcinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 125 South Eastern, lim., 8 4 * Union of Australia, 53 21 Union of London, 501 50 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lim., Commercial Union, Insurance, Crystal Paine, Ditto, Preference,:lo9l East India Irri g ation and Canal, 51 EgYptian Com:and Trading, Urn., Financial Corporation, Fore -street 'Warehouse, 7 THE SUN, LONVON, RUDA Y EVEN ING, AUGU ST 12, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. Gen. - Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61 7 61 Home and C lonia' A ssurance, lira , 61 Hudson's Bay, t r 1 1 Humber Iron Works, 3 1 Imperil Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 81 International Financial ,-,ociety, lim., 91 12 International A.and Credit. Inn., 61 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our , Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 821 3 Joint Stock Discount, lim.. tntii Land Credit of Ireland, 1.m., 5. M dras Irr gation and Canal, 1. National Di-count Company, lim., 131 ncedn JI arine (Insurance), 221 Oriental Commercial. lira., 101 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 801 Ithymney Iron, Ditto, new, 9 Societe Financiere d' Rgypt e lim., 4/ 5 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), liM o 7 Warrant Finance, lint., 5 a POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. Richard Murphy was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with stealing a large qtrintity of leather and materials used in the manufacture of boots anal shoes, the property of Mr Slack, bootmaker, 187, Drury-lane, for whom he was employed. From the statement cf the prosecutor it appeared that he had sustained great loss in his trade by the myste rious disappearance of working materials, and ho had taken steps to watch the movements of some of his workpeople, in the hope of discovering the source of the mischief. On the 27th of May he had given to the prisoner (one of his journeymen) a quantity of mate rials to make up six pairs of ankle boots, asking the usual precaution of stamping thew with his name, The boots should have been completed and returned within a few days, but he never received the work. lie (prosecutor) had frequently spoken to Murphy about the boots, and at length he said he had sold the materials to a stranger in the street for 15e, about half their value. Ihe prisoner was then given into custody. A man named Donaghue stated that he was with the prisoner in the month of May, and accom panied him to the shop of a Mr Miller, in Brick-lane, Spitalfields, where the prisoner sold the upper and soles of one of the pair of boots for 2s. 6d. The prisoner said he had more of the sort, and Miller said he must take the stamp name out of the leather before he could buy any more. The case was remanded, and a summons issued against Miller, who was this morning placed in the dock on suspicion of being the receiver. The witness Donoughue was now absent, and Mr Beard (who attended for Miller) elicited the startling fact that the prosecutor, since the last examination, had received Ll, and a promise of ss. from Mr Murphy's friends in payment for the missing gods, which Mr Vaughan declared to be very discreditable, as courts of justice could not be used as a means of exacting compensation for stolen property, and thus compromising felony. Mr Beard said his client was a most respectable man, and hoped he would not be detained on the false statements of Donoghue. The charge of felony had entirely disap peared in consequence of what the prosecutor had admitted. Mr Vaughan said the admission of the prosecution only affected the charge as against Murphy, but it did not touch that part of the matter which affected. Miller. He was of opinion that it was absolutely necessary that the man Donoghue should be present, because it was of the greatest importance that Miller should have an opportunity of showing that the charge against him was false and mali. clouts. In the event of Donoghue's refusing to attend, he should compel him to do so by summons, _ _ The prisoner Murphy was then remanded for a week, and the summons against Miller was adjourned for the same period. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SENDING THREATENING LETTERS TO LORD CURZON. —John Hill was charged with sending threatening letters to George Augustus Frederick Lord Curzon, of No. 8, South Audley-street. Lord Curzon said ha received a letter (produced) at his residence in South Audley-street. Sergeant Henry Beard, of the Detective Department, Scotland-yard, said he received the letter spoken of by Lord Curzon, and apprehended the priauner that morning on a warrant on hts leaving Coldbath-fields Prison. On telling him the charge was that of sending a threatening letter to Lord Curs un to the effect that he would kill him, he re• plied " Y.s, I did," and said, " I have also sent one to Lord Howe, and I intend carrying out what I have said." He then showed the prisoner the letter, and asked him if he had seen it before, and he said he had. The letters were read by Lord Curzon's solicitor, and contained most serious threats against Lord Curzon, and Lord Howe, and their lordship's agent—one threat being that he would blow out his lordship's brains. Prisoner said he declined to ask any questions. Lord Curzon said he was apprehensive the prisoner would injure him, and he felt bound to take notioe of the matter. The prisoner made a long statement as to his and his fathet's tenancy of some land belonging to Lord Howe. Mr Knox. said he could not let the prisoner go at large till his mind had been inquired into. He should remand the prisoner for 7 days, and he would put an indorsement on the sheet to that effect. The prisoner was committed to the House •f Correction for breaking Lord Howe's windows about a month ago. THAMES. THE BASTARDY LAWS.—A HARD CASE,-012 Mr Par tridge taking his seat this mornin,.t, police-sergeant Baker, of the K division, entered the witness-bsa and returned a commitment made out by Mr Paget yesterday evening. Mr William Livingston, the chief usher, said that Mr Paget passed a sentence of 14 days' imprisonment and hard labour on a man named George Logan for non-compliance with a bastardy order. The arrears due to the mother of the illegitimate child amountei to 15s, or six weeks' pay at the rate of 2s 6d per week, and the costs were 4s. The Go vernor of the House of Correction refused to receive the prisoner, and Baker discharged him. The sergeant, oat of respect to the Court now returned the commitment. Mr Partridge—ls the question about receiving prisoners for non-compliance with bastardy orders in the House of Correction and Whitecross-street not settled yet. Mr Livingston—lt is not, Sir. A rule nisi was obtained some months since in the Ccurt of Queen's Bench, and it has not been made absolute. Mr Partridge—l recollect. The rule has never been argued, and there will be no settlement °I the question until next term, and perhaps not then. I cannot do any thing in the matter. Mr Livingston said the refusal of the governors of the prisons in Middlesex to receive prisoners on commitments for non-compliance with bastardy orders was a great hard ship on young women who had given birth to illegitimate children. Fellows were very well acquainted with the state of things, and would not pay for the maintenance of their illegitimate children. Mr Partrid3e—lt is a great pity. Such a state of things ought not to have existed so long. Two young women applied for warrants against the fathers cf their illegitimate children, and were informed that it would be useless to grant them, and would be only taking money out of. their pockets to no purpose to issue process. MARKETS---This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to• day the arrival of old home grown wheat was very moderate. The trade, however, was dull, at Monday's decline in the quotations. New wheat was quoted as follows :—Red, 42s to 445; white, 43s to 48s; and Talavera, 48s to 50s per quarter. The market was fairly supplied with foreign wheat. The amount of business transacted was very moderate, yet prices ruled stationary. Floating cargoes of wheat were in slow request, at late rateff. Spring corn aEoat was firm in price. A fair rupply of barley was on sale for the time of year. On the whole the trade ruled steady, at full prices. blalt was in fair average request, and the quotations ruled firm. The supply of oats was very large. The trade was active for all descriptions, and prices had in some instances a drooping tendency. Beaus and peas were in short supply. The trade for them ruled firm, at quite previous rates. In flour a moderate business was transacted, at late quo tations. ARRIVALS THIS WIIRK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 490 320 1,410 1640 Irish Foreign 10,880 1,930 --69,570 1,380 brls. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The suppl of meat on sale at these markets is but mode rate, and the trade rules firm, at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. sdsd Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Friine:large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork 3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 10 4 2 edit d Middling mutton 4 4 4 6 Prime do .. 4 8 4 10 Veal Small pork ~ .. 4 2 4 6 Lamb BOROU H HOP. A few parcels of new English hops have been forwarded for sale to this market since our last, and they have been disposed of at X 7 and L 7 7s per cwt. For lest year's pro duce there is a steady demand, and prices rule firm. Old hops, however, are a dull inquiry. From most plantations the accounts respecting the probable yield are satisfactory. Death of Kr, Robson, the Comedian. With a regret, which we are sure will be shared in by most of our readers, we have to announce the death of Mr. Robson, the popular comedian, and joint lessee of the Olympic Theatre. For some considerable time Mr. Robson had been in a de. clining state of health, but latterly he had appae rently so much improved that his re-appearance on the stage was confidently expected at no very dis tant date. Death, however, has put an end to those anticipations, as at twelve o'clock last night he expired at his residence, 19, Ampthill-Square, near Mornington - crescent. Mr. Rebson's success as an actor commenced from the period of his quitting the Grecian Saloon to fulfil an engagement in Ireland, at the termination of which he was engaged, in 1853, by the late Mr. William Farren, then lessee of the Olympic Theatre. The character w hi c h first stamped Mr. Robson as an actor of no ordinary ability was his embodiment of the principal part in the burlesque of Macbeth. Such was the impression made by his peculiar abilities that for months crowds were nightly attracted to th e Theatre, but the popularity he had already achievedpic was greatly ex t e nded by the force and Olympic intensity he threw into the nest burl, sque attempted—viz., Shylock. At the termination of Mr. Farrems management Mr. Alfred Wigan became lessee of the theatre, and Mr. Robson was at once engaged by the new lessee. From that period he achieved a series of successes which placed him at the head of burlesque actors, whilst comedian. Who can forget his veryi s m epeculiarlynen t low humorous Powers also made him a Jem Baggs, the Wandering Minstrel, or his Jacob Earwig, or, in the more intense drama, his Daddy liardacre ? In August, 1857, Mr. Robson, in conjunction with Mr. Emden, became lessees of the Olympic, and for a considerable period his great talents were found quite sufficient to draw crowded audiences despite the attractions held out at the other metropolitan theatres. But his abilities were overwrought, and in obedience to his medical adviser, Mr. Robson, tempornrily retired from the stage in order that he might recover that strength which his great exer tions had:exhausted. So far had he recovered, that, in consequence of the great success of the play of The Ticket of Leave" that he took a provincial tour, and appeared i n some of our principal towns in many of those parts which had so greatly delighted the London playgoers. Some short time and it was thought ago he much improved retuned p rev ed to in London,healhealth, but really it was not so; his painful malady again attacked him, and last night, as we have before mentioned, he expired. Mr. Robson was a genial, kind hearted gentleman, and ever foremost in lending nis aid to benefit his less fortunate fellow artists. The Holy Alliance, The .reavalide -RUM publishes the following article:--`` During the sitting of the 22d of July, when Lord Stratford de &Miffs directed the atten tion of the House of Lords to the rumours concern ing the restoration of the Holy Alliance, and de nounced it as dangerous for the liberties of Europe, Earl Russell very judiciously replied that present circumstances rendered therenewal of such an Alli ance very doubtful. In this case we perfectly agree with the Secretary of the Foreign-office. We have never ceased to repeat that, although the ques tions which occupy Europe have been de bated at the meetings of the Sovereigns, yet that no treaty hcd been concluded; and we added that a treaty which would engage our liberty of action would only be a misfortune for Russia, who has two much to do at home to be able to interfere in the complications which m;ght arise abroad. Events have justified us. and Lord Russell has confirmed, if not our explanations, at least our conclusions. But why did his lordship add that in Russia, in Prussia, and in Austria it was generally admitted that these Powers constantly express the wish that the Sovereigns of Europe should unite to resist democratic movements This unfortunate phrase denotes that the noble lord has but an imper fect knowledge of the state of things in Russia, and once more proves the influence of prejudice even on a great mind. We will profit by the occasion to express our opinion on a subject which is generally very ill understood abroad. I❑ Russia the words aristocracy and democracy cannot have the same meaning as in the other parts of Europe ; oar history, our Govern ment, our institutions,esta Wish between us and other nations very great differences. If we were to give a State occupied with the welfare of the masses the denomination of democrats we can boldly affirm the' the Russian nation is democratic. As the Govern ment is more demccratic than the people, as we have neither political nor dynastic parties, it follows from that, although we are democratic, we are in no wise revolutionary. History does not present to us an ex ample of a more complete harmony existing between a Sovereign and his nation, and our Government knows it so well that, instead of guarding itself against revolution, instead of uniting in a league with other sovereigns against an evil it has not to fear at home, it anticipates public opinion and grants greater liberties than those demanded by the masses. We see very well all that our Government has done for our welfare. The abuses disappear one by one ; the forces which until now remained without use have been called into activity ; justice has taken a more regular course, and authority itself represses all arbitrary tendencies on the part of its servants. The attituce of the population during the late Polish insurrec tion has, besides, sufficiently proved the harmony existing between the Sovereign and his people. Let Lord Russell, therefore, explain to us the rea son why he thinks the Emperor of Russia could be induced to join the other Sovereigns in resisting the encroachments of democracy." COLONIAL. TEA.—Only a limited amount of business has been done. Prices, however, are generally well maintained. SUGAR,—The market has remained very dull, and late prices have with difficulty been suppartel. In the refined market common lumps have declined to 49s per cwt. COFFEE.—The demand for colonial descriptions has been less active, and in some instances prices have tended downward s. RICE,—The operations have ben. unimportant, and con fined principally to inferior descriptions, without any change to record as regards values, SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 12.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderate braze and fine weather, but a little cloudy. HULL, Aug. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Christine, from Quebec. . _ LOUGH FOYLE, Aug. 12.—Arrived—Caledonia, steamer, 'rom New York. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Queen of the Clippers. from London to Bermuda. NEWPORT, Aug. 11 —Wiud N.W.—Arrived—Panama, from Bristol for Havannah. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived.—.Petras, from Gefle—Seine, steamer, from St. Thoma—Glubrenbrag, from Lagos—Ally and John Cie ments, from Sunderland. Sailed.—Amalia, for Llanelly—Adelaide, for Sunderland, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, August 11.—Sylph, from Barbadots. Arrived, August 12.--Gustat Wasa, from Archangel ; Napier, from Nelson—Teaser, from Jamaica•—Southamp ton, from New York—Advance, from Havre—Lady Milne, from New York—Thrifty, from Jersey. Sailed, Aug. 11—Era, screw steamer, for St Petersburg Schwan, screw steamer, for Bremen—Emma, screw steamer, for Christiania—Lord John Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Mary, of Yarmouth, from the west, for the north. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Emigration Commissioners chartered yeattrday the St. Hilda, I,OJO tons, belonging to Mr John J. Lidgett, London, for the conveyanco of emigrants to Sydney, New South Wales, at £l2 125 per statute adult. The St. Hilda is appointed to receive her passengers at Plymouth, and to sail about the 26th September next. MI,TAKEN IDENTITY,—At the late meeeting at Bishop's Waltham, on the occasion of Prince Leopold laying the foundation stone of the new infirmary, there was a laughable case of mistaken identity, with , egard co official dignity and position. Two or three 0: the mayors who were present without being in official costume were not known to the general company and the attendants, and when the guests were assembling, one of the worthy and good-looking town sergeants of Southampton, wearing all the insignia of his civic dignity, was taken to be no less a personage than a mayor, and was invited with the most respectful courtesy to take a seat at the principal table. Being somewhat astonished at the mark of distinction which was about to be conferred on him thus suddenly, an ex planation ensued, but without being at all abashed, and preserving the most commendable sense of his high position, he said he was not at all surprised at the mistake, as he had quarter de2it o f not long ego been mistaken for no less a personage than Jerry-bald-eye I —meaning thereby the illustrious Italian patriot, General. Garibaldi. v b e zd a spen a million of persons in England and Wales bearing PEOPLE'S NAME S. — 7 ll B e : th a c 7e l9 B l° b l o l the cosmopolitan surname of Smith, and above 45,000 per sons in Scotland. If you meet 73 persons in England, or even 68 in Scotland, you may expect to find a Smith among t h em . Next to Smith there comes in each country a purely local name —Jones in England and Wales, Macdonald in Scotland ; in every 78 persons in Scotland is a Macdonald! The next most common names in England Taylor, Davies, and r Brown; in Scotland, Brown occupies a very high numerical position, but several purely Scot tish name s also stand hi g h upon the list—Robertson, S tew art, camp bell, Anderson. There is a much greater c l an predominance of surnames in Scotland than in Eng land. There are in both countries many surnames de rived from occupation, locality, or personal qualities; while in England in the thirty most common surnames only 27, in Scotland 37 —the great majority—are real patrony m i cs and truly sirnamee, either in their pure un altered state, as Grant, Cameron, cke., or altered so as to express the descent, as in Robertson and Morrison, or with the Gaelic Mao. A. recent e xamination of the birth-register of Scotland for a year showed 1 04,018 births and only 6,823 separate surnames; so that there are more than 15 persons, upon an average, to a surname, or o n l y 6.5 surnames to 1 00 similar persons. In Englan d,a e xamination by the Registrar- General showed only 8 4 persona to a surname, 12 or sur names to 100 persons. The proportion of persons attachLd to each surname would have been still larger in Scotland, and more than double that of England, but for the immense immigration from Irelan d in t he Nat quarter of a century. In the Scottish register the 50 most common surnames embrace nearly 30 per cent. of all the names on the in Englan dlB register; only about per cent. Of the 60 most common surnames in Scotland, 32 either entirely or in the form in which they occur in Scotland may be reckoned as having originated in that country and as being peculiar to it—a very large prop or ti on, considering all c i rcum stances. The remainder are common also to Eng land. The sobriquets perpetuated as surname s f rom a sup posed likeness to th e animal creation of course vary in England and Scotland with the language of each country. English Fox is superseded in Scotland by Tod, a very common name, having the same meaning. Bullock be comes Stott, and Crow Craw. Hog g in Scotland is not to but a l a mb a year old. be traced to a pig, Mr Stork, of the Scottish register office, from whose sixth annual report (just issued) these s tatements are tak en , h as also had the curiosity to note the Christian names occurring upon the registers. In 3,6 90 entries of births of boys there were only 67 different Christian names , but am ong a like number of girls there were 86 . John and James greatly prepon d era t e among the boys. Among the gir s Mar garet is the favourite name, but Mary is very close to it. In the Highland clans Mary decidedly preponderates, but Margaret in all other parts of Scotland. Several names not uncommon among girls in England did not occur so many as three times in the entire Scotch list of 3,oB9—Beatrice, Clara, Emma, Julia, Lucy; and among the 3,693 boys there were not, three with either of several of our common English names —Alfred, Arthur Benjamin, Frederick, Phillip, Stephen. the girls li s t shows many variatio ns from what we should find in England; there are twice as many Eispeths as Emilys, twice as many Marjorys as Louisas, fc ur times as many Euphemise as Harriets, five times as many. Graces as Carolines. The benefit of Mr W. H. Sleigh, treasurer to he Prince 38 9 8 Theatre since MrVining's management, and late acting manager for Mr Walter Montgomery, will take place at the above theatre, on Monday next, the 15th inst. SUDDEN. DEATLI IN A RAILWAY CAIIRIA GE .—A t the Todmorden station on Tuesday, on the arrival of the train due at 6.30 p.m., it was ascertained that it contained a gentleman who had suddenly expired on the journey. The deceased is a German, named N elson Ilartwr.g, and he was on his way from Hamburgh to New York, 110 was accom s panied by a daughter, about 22 yeare old. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of David Ricardo, Esq., of Gatcombe Park, Glo,:cestershire, was proved in the London Court on the 27th ult. by Henry David Ricardo, Esq., the son ; the Rev. Robert Edward Blackwell, M.A., Rector of Amba'rley, and Major-General Sir Frederic Abbot, C. 8., the executors. The personalty was sworn under 1.:35,0u0, The testator was second son of the late D. Ricardo, Es;.. M.P. for Portar lington, a magistrate and High 6.'ieriff (1830) for the county of Gloucester. He died a) Cheltenham in May last, having executed his will in March, 1863. He has devised his estates to his oa.:ly son, Henry David Ricardo, with contingent inwrest therein in favour of his only daughter. There is t: l3 annuity of £l5 to his gardener, and a legacy of £lOO each to two of his executors. The will of Richard Fowler-Butler, Esq., late of Pendeford Hall, Wolverhampton, and Barton Hall, Staffordshire, was proved in London by his relict and Alexander Stavely Hill, Esq., the joint acting executors appointed by the will, bearing date Nov. 13, 1856, to which is added a codicil dated Sept. 7, 1861. The testator died on the 13th of March lust at the age of 70. He was Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Stafford, and was formerly in the 43d Regiment, and served in the Rifle Brigade in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, The testator was thrice married, and assumed the name of Butler on inheriting the Barton Hall estate in 1850. To his relict, who is provided for, he leaves the use of the family plate for her life, and afterwards to be held by his son Richard upon certain conditions, terminating in favour of his son Robert, to whom he leaves a sum of £7,000, over which the testator had the power of appointment under the will, of his late father; and to his daughter, Eleanor Quinn, he leaves the property under a marriage settlement. The will of the Rev. William Cureton, D.D., F.R.S., Canon of Westminster and Rector of St. Margaret's, was proved in the London Court on the 27th ult., by his relict, together with the Rev. Edward Wm. Blore, M.A., his brother-inelaw, and the Rev. Wm. Harley, M.A., his nephew, being the executors according to the tenor of the will. The personalty was sworn under £16,000. The testator, who died at his residence, Brook House, Westbury, Salop, on the 17th of Jane last, at the age of fifty six, was twice married, and has left issue two eons and five daughters. His will i:ears date the sth of April last. To his relict he leaveo all his property during widowhood. The real estates, upon her decease or marrying again, will revert Lo his eldest son, and the rest of his property will be divided amongst children in certain specified propoilmne• This learned divine was Chaplain in Ordinary to, the Queen, honorary P.D. of the University Halle, a corresponding member of the Institute of France, honorary member of the Historico-Theolo gical Society of Leipsic, and a trustee of the British Museum by Royal appointment.—lllustrated Lon- News. A COVET BALL AT THE TUILERIES,—The Tui. leries look very imposing at a distance on the night of a Court ball. The whole enormous fagade is lit up from top to bottom, and on the Place du Carousel there is such a throng of carriages that it is difficult to comprehend how the equipages will be able to set down. For all that, the most admirable order prevails, and is most visible at the period of the guests departing. The inner court of the Tutleries, la sour d'honneur, is truly very splendid. In the place of the „ as lamps, you see everywhere the imperial N. or the i m perial crown in a laurel wreath, blazing with light, and as this illumination is repeated on all sides at least 200 tittles, it is easy to form an idea of the splendour and bright ness of the courtyard, which is so large that 10,000 men can manoeuvre in it conveniently. The principal stait case in side the chateau also produces a grand impression. From top to bottom on every step there stand alternately twelve. armed candelabrum and a Cent Garde, en grande tenue ; there is a dark red carpet on the white marble steps, and high above it a gigantic chandelier, gleaming like a sun. The sight is really marvellous. The reception takes place in the Salle des Marechaux, and the ball in the Gallorie de Diane. A portion of the Emperor's private apart ments is also used on the occasion of the court balls, a n d supper is served in the Pavilion de Marsan. At the latter only 500 guests, chiefly ladies, sit down with their Majesties, the remainder are spread over various large rooms, where buffets are erected, which, of course, leave nothing to be desired. Supper is served at tables hold ing four, eight, or twelve persons, and as about 400 foot • men are employed in the palace on such occasions, the at tendance is befitting the exalted company. As a rule, the Emperor opens the ball with a lady, usually the wife of an ambassador. The empress has not danced since the death of her sister, the Duchess of Alba ; still she goes to the ball room, where a special dais is erected for her. Here she re mains, surrounded by her ladies, and this is the moment when the Grand Chambellan presents to her distinguished fcreigners. The toilettes to be seen on the dais at such a moment are truly the ne pus ultra of elegance and wealth. It is impossible to say how many millions' worth of jewels and precious stones are collected at this small spot. The costume of the empress, though not always the costliest (Frau von Rothschild, for instance, sometimes wears a Spencer completely covered with brilliants), is the most tasteful. Nothing more beautiful could be imagined, and a cry of admiration bursts from a thousand lips. The empress never remains long, but retires very quietly before midnight. The illumination then disappears horn the south side of the palace, but the ball goes on uninterruptedly till nearly daybreak. The emperor usually remains longer. But the longer the ball lasts the more guests find their way to the Pavillion de Marsen, where the playrooms are, and where many an old general goes on punting till six in the morning. The direct expenses of such a court ball, of which four are given annually, are said to figure in the civil list at 140,000 f.; but the indirect expenses of the guests in vited, and specially the ladies, may easily exceed ten times that amount. Hence the Imperial Court balls are most wel come to the milliners, Bilk mercers, and jewellers.—Bent ley's Ni6ctllany, don Row to Restore to Life in Chloroform Accidents. The ,( sensation" novelists, It is to be regret ted, have now got hold of tne fact, to adi to their an noury of horrors. The present moo is important, as the Oily one of a like kind perhaps r: stored to life in the London Lokl,itale under such condition, ; the patient was a poor man led woman, otherwise in fah* health, admitted to hospital, w 4.10 was placed on the operatinj-table for a plastic operatiot ' (one of these, thanks to awes thetics, so successfully per formed of late), The operation; which need not be de. scribed, was nearly completed ; theta was very considerable bmatorrhage during its performance, but having watched the pulse all through the operation, one was alarmed at im stopping and then going on again. I soon found, though I did not give the chloroform, that respiration had also suddenly stopped, with a 1 the well-known signs of apnea, or what others would term it asphyxia, stoppage of br,math• iog, not at all embarrassed respiration, as stated in sucgi cal books. The woman was exactly in that state of sit , - pended animation (all but dead), so difficult to describe in words without saying she was entirely dead. Death had obviously set in. She appeared suddenly to be cold and white, her face like marble or that of a corpse. The striking fact in the case was perhaps this—the woman lay as it were thus dead for some minutes, just as animals do when poisoned by chloroform.. No pulse, no respiration of the remotest kind ; experiment and theory suggest, if we can, in this emergency and alarm establish respiration, the remora or "stand still" of the circulation (as Mr Paget terms it) will yield, and pulse return. The Marshall Hall and Silvester methods were persistently tried in the case, still no pulse, no breathing, no animation. Everyone was dreadfully alarmed; the magneto-electric battery was sent for by me and arranged or used as jest directed. The al most instant effect, as if by magic, was what we wanted—a deep sighing drawing in of the breath! a little confusion, pardonable, but half comic, arose in the application of the battery at first, as I found I myself had become unex pectedly a kind cf galvanometer, receiving all the shocks till a German physiciaa standing by happily caught the metal lic handles with his coat tails (as non-conductors). Off and on alternately the handles were now applied about a dozen times a minute, so as to imitate the ordinary action of the diaphragm. At each application there was a deep moaning respiration. Some quarter of in hour now had the patient thus re mained, pulse less cold, without breathing, the little tide of life ebbing fast away; indeed she was pronounced irreco verably dead ; it was one of those curious and instructive scenes worth any of the impossible chloroform novel sen sation scenes that one now reads in magazines ; the last farewell beam of feeling possibly past away—life quite ex tinguished—the last hour of nothingness already had lite rally set it. The last danger of distress, * * * * With langour of the placid cheek, And that sad shrouded eye, Where cold obstruction's apathy—. (the engorging right auricle, &o.), appalled one gazing mourner at least, but still the electric poles were applied, about 12 times each minute, so as remotely to imitate the stimulus of ordinary nerve action in the diaphragm. I thought at the moment of the popular idea amongst bril liant operating surgeons, that the administration of chlo roform is the merest trifle. I thought of the 200 cases of deaths recorded, so like this one. To the delight of operator and all around, a deep .sighing inspiration, and then to our utmost relief another was noticed at each break of the circle; no pulse, however, wasyet pereptible, cardiac action,watched with intense eagerness ; minutes on minutes passed, which felt as long as hours; the sighs lessened; there was a moan, at the pain of the electricity or pin stuck into the diaphragm (the writer's scarf pin, as no other at the moment was ay.itable), this is mentioned to show the quickness with which these cases must be saved, or left to die; there was soon a flicker of pulse perceptible, but not till the patient was carried back to bed was the pulse entirely re-established, and not till the end of two hours was the electricity discontinued. The poor woman had a faint recollection of a dreg m of a journey to a far distant land, by rivers, gardens, and golden sunsets. I have known such a patient, a class man from Oxford, to feel he was 10 years in , paradise, sitting, and walking, and conversing in an ecstasy, with Homer and Virgil, while my unclassic friend, a dentist, near Hanover-square, was only ten minutes sluicing him with cold water to bring him round, but such is consciousness of which Coleridge spoke and Shelley dreamed, and Bichat is all wonderful, and Locke is so convincing. Such is an instance of all but fatal apnea (and we have collected four other quite as re markable cases). Such is consciousness, which we can at auy moment remove, but which I am quite certain we never befoLe had such effectual means of restoring when to all ap pearance irretrievably lost, as now by our more correct rationale Of the cause of death, whether in cases of drown ing, or chloroform.—Dr. Kidd on Chloroform. THE INNER CIRCLE SYSTEM OF RAILWAYS. — The inner circle s; stem of railways will have sta tions at the following important centres of traffic, viz.: —l. Edgware-road-2. .taker-street, New road-3. Port land-road-1. Gower-street (near Euston-square station of the North Western Railway)-5. King's-cross and Great Northern Railway-6. Farringdon-road, and con nection with Londos, Chatham, and Dorer Railway 7. Smithfield New Market and .Aldersgate-street-8 Finsbury-pavement and Moorgate-street- 9 . Bishopegate street, and Liverpoel.street station of tho North London Railway-10. Aldgate and Whitechapel-11. Fenchurch• street station and Trinity-square, Tower-hill-12. New Cannon-street station of the Charing-eross railway bridge 13. Blaokfriars-bridge 14. Norfolk-street, Thames Embankment-15. Near Charing-cross Railway -16. Westminster-bridge and Houses of Parliament -17. Victoria Railway station, Pimlico-18 ISloane•square -19. Kensington Museum-20. Gardens f the Horticul tural Society-21. High-atreet, Kensington-22. High street, Notting-bill-23. Queen's-road, Bayswater-24. opposite the hotel of the Great Western Railway, the rail continuing thence to the station in the Edgware-road, embracing in the whole 24 stations, each commanding the most populous and convenient centre of its particular locality. The advantage intended to be gained by the adoption of a continuous circuit of locomotive transit in both directions will be round to be very great particularly as no interruptions can occur ; for there will be no junctions made for the admission of trains belonging to any other system of railway traffic. The two trains which form this " The Metropolitan Inner Circle System " will commence early in the morning, traversing their course in opposite directions until late at night, each station throughout the circle being called at en route at a three minutes' inter val throughout the very long day from about 5 o'clock in the morning until 12 at night. Those of our readers who are acquainted with the sites appointed for the s:ai ions, will be enabled thoroughly to comprehend the great value of such a complete, well considered, and well defined system as that which has received the approval of the various com mittees, and is now stamped with the royal assent, its maul f ea t „xcellence supporting it through all the very influen tial and highly expensive opposition which was brought to bear aga :nst it, and notwithstanding all its numerous opponents havie urged against it, it will, no doubt, be found to be, with certain modification, the best and -1 have been adopted Or the daily safest plan that con: , and hourly conveyance ~"4 the pleasure- seeking, business following masses, who are eo incessantly changing their locality of operation with the banks, the exchange, the markets, the P. st Office, the puNie offices, the houses et legislature, the galleries of art, in fact all places of public resort.—City Press. PERILOUS BALLOON ADVENTURE. --On Sunday, the balloon Washington ascended from Plaza Victoria. The wind changed, and Mr Wells determined to take, it possible, a west current, which would bring him to this side of the Plate. The balloon gradually descended till the anchors touched the water, being then some 15 miles from the Belgrano shore. As the balloon began to drag along the water, Mr Wells threw out ballast, and again rose, attain ing a height of 4,000 yards in the direction of the Carape- chay islands. About 4 p.m., the hour being near stone; the balloon became more condensed, and descended more raridly than at first, until the anchors again touched, the wa;er, but the aronaut's efforts to get a permanent hold were et: fruitless as before. Accordingly he egain threw out ballast 1 and rose about 3,000 yards, in the direction of San Fer nando. Coming down a fourth time, still over the centre of the River Plate, he cut away his anchors, and struggled between the lower air current towards San Fernando, and the upper one towards the islands. The sun had now set, and, coming down a fifth time, he was obliged to cut away the car, in order further to lighten the balloon, and in another flight reach terra firma. Then taking his seat on the hoop attache' to the ropes, and tutting on two life belts, besides attaching the gas bag by a line of 100 feet, so as to serve for a buoy in case of need, he ascended a sixth time, and higher than before, passing through the clouds, and reaching about 6,000 yards, Here the sun seemed to him again to rise, and after a short interval set in the most extraordinary splendour. The cold was so excessive that his feet became quite numb, and the ends of the revs, which had dragged in the water, glittered with an icy covering. The heavy dew, and great con densation of gas from excessive cold, caused the balloon to descend rapidly. On touching the water he contrived to shift his position from the ho o p to the gas bag. and the balloon dragging for some time, Mr Wells was up to his waist in water, whilst he rapidly proceeded towards our coast. Soon, however, the warm atmosphere caused the balloon again to rise, this time about 100 yards. Mr Wells was now in a most critica l position, h o lding on, seated on the gas bag, which hung on a slender cord from the balloon. The gas bag began to revolve rapidly, but luckily his head did not grow dizzy, and the cord did not break, though twisting in an alarming manner. The balloon gra dually lost its pow er, and again descended, Mr W. being overjoyed to see, by the moolight, its shadow increasing on the water. lie was then dragged as before along the surface of the water at the rate of eight or ten wiles an hour; and after an exciting ride (which he compares to sleigh -driving on the snow) of about 91 minutes, reached the shore. At last ho was deposited in a swamp, and forced to abandon the balloon, which, being free of its weight, rose to a great height, passing over San Fernando in a westerly dirsetion.—.Bqms lyres 6lanclard, Jgne 15. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day . READING RACES —Tars DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) WHITLEY STAKES. Batsman ~ vigil... 1 ruder the Cloud 3 Six raR. £5O PLATE. Cz Irina .............. 1 Contract ............ Munchav_zen 3 Seven ran. ABS.EY STAKES. Lady Egidia 1 8 / I:apathy Jezabel Five ran. STAND PLATE. Practitioner Cranbury Dead heat between Constancy and Grisette for third ph ee. Seventeen ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZE T TE—T his Evening, WHITEHALL, Ara. 11. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Beronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Thomas Burch Western, of Rivenhall, in the county of Essex, Esq., and the heirs male of his body law fully begot. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG 9. The Queen has been pleased to approv e of Mr George Thomas Guttery as Consul at Cape Town for the Free Han seatic City of Hamburgh. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Manuel de la Quintana as Consul at Liverpool for the Re public of Peru. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 12. Honourable Artillery Company of London—The Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation o f the Commission held by Major William Henry Snell, an t i to approve of hia retaining his rank and wearing hi s utt i. forms. ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 12. The undermentioned Officers have been this day pr o .. moted to the rank of Assistant Engineers of the First Class, with Seniority from 25th July, 1861 :—Messrs Williaru Jeffrey Grant (acting), John Austen Cawley, George Edward Milliner Keey (acting), George Brewer (acting), William Bremner, John Franklin, W. J. Hancock (acting)„ Edward Hightnan Willey (acting), James To:kington, George Alexander, William Robson Henry (acting), Josep'a Stocker (acting), Henry Bunting, Francis Horatio Donni-. son (acting), William Childs Archbold, John Bolas, John Hall (a) (acting), Charles Hall (acting), John Davies Wood (acting), William Vincent (acting), William Stewart, John Reith (acting), George Sullivan (acting), Joseph Connolly (acting), Richard Green. David Crichton (a), Richard Samuel Kiernan, John Robert Ecroyd (acting), Isaac Hall, John Etheriugton, James Joseph Conway (acting), Thomas Hunter (acting), William Moore (acting) Augu s ti ne K e d war d (act ing, William Harris (acting), William Strachan (acting), Henry Collar, William Blake Rocktatting), Henry Brown, William Henry Keats (acting), William Jones, Th omas William Johnson, John Dinwoodie, James Richard Jack son, Edwin Comley, Robert Phillips (acting), Mr J o h n Plowright, Stephen Vincent Bull (acting), William Henry Phillips '(acting), Edward Williams (acting), Thomas William Dearden (aciing), John George Cox (acting), John Jenkins (acting), William Thomas Goldie (acting), John Dunlop, James Legate, Alexander Beattie (acting), Andrew Gibson, Charles George Muller (acting), Charles Boddington, James Wilson Sivewright. BANKRUPTS. That portion of tho Gazette containing the bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. Course of Exchange,—This Day, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 2 12 2f Antwerp _.. 25 72i 25 77f Brussels — 26 72f 25 771 Hamburgh a — 13 10 13 101 Paris ... . Short. 25 25 25 35 Ditto Marseilles — 25 70 25 75 Frankfort on Maine — 1201 1211 Vienna .. — 11 85 11 90 Trieste Petereburgh — 31 311 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Nap!es .. Palermo.. Messina Lisbon Oporto 471 4Sh 48h 25_ 771 25 8.5 25 80. 25 85 25 77f 25 82f 25 774 25 82f 25 80 25 85 25 80 26 85 51i 52 611 62k FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, READING RACES—Tats DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FORBURY STAKES. Voluptas Arcadian Four ran. THAMES HANDICAP. Clementi Manchester Fisherman's Daughter Eight ran. SELLING STAKES. • Rest 1 Wicket .. 2 Constancy Nine ran. CAVERSHAM HANDICAP. Nebuchadnezzar Batsman Jane Shore 3 Elevan ran. LATEST BETTING. EBOIL lIANDIZAP. 7to 1 agst Lancashire (taken) 10 to 1 bar one (offered) Bank of England Return,•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap.:32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 10th day a Aug. 1564: TEBI:7E DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ........5.26.574,365 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,924 365 Silver Bullion £26.574.385 2260574,365 ISPARTMENT. i Government Sean- eroprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend AO counts) 061,222 Other Deposits 14,419,766 Seven Day and ether Bills 530,674 rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,017,095 Other Securities 21,108,551 Notes Gold and Silver 685,560 Coin £33,114,01 I -- £38,114,931 r. MILLER, Chief eahhier. Aug. 11, 1864. RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL PoR, TRAIT GALLERY. —A picture of no ordinary interest has just been secured by the directors of the National Por trait Gallery. It is the portrait of S. T. Coleridge, painted by the American artist, Washington o cons idered by Wandsworth an d o th er f r i en d s o f the the meet sat isfacrory liken ess th a t ever was paint e d of m. poet, An engraving was ex ecu t e d f rom this pi c t ure b y hl s t o A Mr Samuel Cousins a few years ago. The portrait was painted at Bristol in 1814, for Mr Joshua Wade, when Coleridge was in the 42d year of his age. The artist's own testimony, given in a letter to Prof. Henry Reed, of Phila delphia, is deserving of consideration. lie says, "So far as I can judge of my own production, the likeness is a true one, but it is Coleridge in repose, and, ehough not unstirred by the perpetual ground-swell of his ever-working intel lect, and shadowing forth something of the deep philoso pher, it is not the Coleridge in his highest mood, the poetic state. When in that state, no lace I ever saw was like to his ; it seemed almost spirit made visible, without a shadow of the visible upon it. Could I have then fixed it on canvas I But it was beyond the reach of my art." W as hingt3nAlleton died Jane 9, 1843, and was buried by torc hli g ht in th e cometery of Mount Auburn, Boston. A g ood im p ression of the portrait of Shakspere, by Martin Droeshout, from the title-page of the Folio Edition of 1623, has also been added to the national collection. It undoubtedly stands foremost among the known portraits of the bard ; and the copy thus recently secured possesses some additional interest in being the prototype from which several effective photo graphic copies were taken, both on the scale of the original, and in the reduced form as seen in Mr Lionel Booth's re print of the first folio edition. The sum of twenty guineas was paid for it,--ileitenceunt,